Until the mid-1930s, much of rural Kentucky-like much of rural America-lay in darkness as soon as the sun set. Farmers and their families labored much as their forebears had for centuries. While most city and town dwellers enjoyed the blessings of electric lights and the labor-saving devices and comforts that electricity brought, power providers saw rural areas as unprofitable for electrification.

Let There Be Light is the story of the humble beginnings, the early struggles, and the ultimate triumph of the electric cooperative idea in Kentucky. Much of the story is told by the individuals who lived it-men and women who recall the years of work to create the electric companies, and today's cooperative leaders who carry on a tradition that has changed the landscape of the Commonwealth ending the drudgery of former days.

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